Man avoids jail after assaulting police officers
Man avoids jail after assaulting police officers Reporter: '); '); A man who assaulted police officers and spat around a police vehicle has been given a suspended prison sentence at Derry Magistrates Court. Joseph Harkin, 58, of no fixed abode in the city, pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting and resisting police officers and criminal damage which were committed on March 16, 2021. Outlining the details of the case, a Public Prosecution Service (PPS) representative said police attended an incident on the date in question and as the defendant was being arrested he ‘grappled’ with offi...
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